Las Vegas

We left The Grand Canyon and drove toward Las Vegas. It was a really long day of driving. I was very thankful that Jackson feel asleep soon after we left the canyon and I fell asleep soon after. Poor Matt was stuck doing the driving.

We came in over the Hoover Dam at night. It was really neat to see it all lit up. Not long after we passed over the dam, we were back driving in the dark and in the distance we could see the sky lighting up from all of the lights in Las Vegas. It is so dark out there and then right in the middle of nowhere is the huge city.

When we got there we drove down the strip. Jackson loved looking out his window to see all of the bright lights. We were tired from the drive so we decided to check in to our hotel and get some sleep.

our hotel - New York New York

The next day we slept late and then got up to do some sight seeing. We both didn't even think about it being St.Patrick's Day until we got to the lobby. There was a lot going on even at ten in the morning. We decided early on that we would go back to the hotel early that day. The first thing we had to do that day was go to M&M World. Jackson spotted the giant M&M billboard from our hotel window and was really excited about it. He loved seeing all of the candy in the tubes on the back wall. He had fun choosing M&M's to make his own bag of candy.
Later that day we toured several of hotels, and went to the Forum Shops at Cesar's Palace. The weather was perfect making it a great day for all of the walking we did. Jackson was such a good boy - he had plenty of interesting things to look at.

outside the Forum Shops (taken by a nice gentleman who offered to take our picture and then proceeded to tell us that he greatly appreciated tips for his photos - :)
a restaurant inside the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace

outside Paris Hotel